Collar-fastener



(No Mode-1.)

F. H. KIEKENAPP.

Patented Sept. 29, 1891 Y UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

FREDERICK Il. KIEKENAIP, OF FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA.

COLLAR-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,234, datedSeptember 29, 1891. Application iiled May 25, 1891. Serial No. 393,925.(No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK II. KIEKE- NAPP, of Faribault, in thecounty of Rice and State of Minnesota, have invented certainImprovements in Collar-Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to means for securely, conveniently, and quicklyfastening the ends of a horse-collar; and its object is to provide adevice of simple, cheap, and neat construction and which maybe readilyfastened upon the collar.

To this end my invention consists in a hingelike fastening, one portionof which is se cured upon each side or end of the collar, but the parts,instead of being pivoted together, are secured by a strip-jointconnection.

Further, my invention consists in various details of construction and incombinations, hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in whichm Figure l is a general View of a deviceombodying my invention. Fig. 2 shows a plan view of the parts, the samebeing separated. Fig. 3 is a side view of the saine. Fig. 4 is a view ofthe under side of the device. Figs. 5 and 6 are details.

As shown in Fig. l of the drawings, the parts of my fastener are adaptedto b e secured on the ends 2 and 3 of the horse-collar and have a curvedand V shape adapted to iit the groove formed by the rim and the shoulderof the collar. These parts 4 and 5 are fastened to the collar by bolts 6(shown in Fig. 3) and secured by heads or nuts 7, held from turning bythe walls of the countersunk opening provided in the outer surfaces ofthe device and adapt-ed to receive the same. Said openings or recessesare deep enough so that the nuts are made flush with said surfaces,thereby preventing wear of the hainestrap. The inner ends of the parts 4and 5 are quite broad and are attened, and are provided withoutwardly-extending lugs 9 and 10. Lugs 9 are straight and thin, whilethe lugs l0 are grooved out on the inside and adapted to receive thelugs 9, as indicated in Fig. l. This constitutes the slipjoint orconnection. The lugs l0 and 9 are held in engagement and against alateral movement by the bottom lug or projection ll,

provided on the part 5 and engaging the un- 55 der or inner side ofthestrap 4. This lug may project out slightly from the surface or by partlygrooving out the inner surface and end of the part 4 to form the groovel2, and the stop-shoulder 13, adapted to receive the lng, 6o

may be made flush with the surface, so as to more nicely iit upon thecollar. The shoulder 13 prevents the part 4 from slipping side- Wise.W'hen the shoulder 13 is not used, I

close the end, as shown in Fig. G, to prevent the sliding out of thelugs 9. The ends of the lugs are beveled and rounded, as shown in Figs.5 and G, to make the connection of the same more easy.

Between the lugs 9 9 and lO lO, respectively, 7o

I provide the wide notches shown, wherein the haine-strap is adapted tolie snugly when the hames are fastened in position, thereby locking thelugs 9 in place in the slotted lugs 10. I also provide means forfastening the martingale-strap upon the part 5 of the collarfastener,which means consist in the cut loop formed by the hooks 14 and l5,erected on the straps 5, facing one another, their ends being oppositelybeveled and standing a short dis- 8o tance apart. The strap does notneed to be Vunbnckled in order to be inserted into this loop, but ispassed down through to the inclined slot 15 between the hooks, and thenbent or twisted into a fiat position in the loop or eye.

Havingthus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patentl. The combination,inadevice of the class 9o described, ofparts4and 5, having straight and slotted lugs 9 and l0, respectively,wide notches provided between the parts of' said lugs and adapted toreceive the haine-strap,

a projection ll on the part 5, adapted to engage the back of the part 4,and a stop whereby the lugs 9 are prevented from slipping out ofengagement with the lugs 10 after being secured in place, substantiallyas described.

2. A collarfastener consisting in the parts roo ing the loop 01eyeprovided with theinelined one of said parts and having the' inclinedxo slot l5, through which to insert the martinslots 15, through which toinsert the martingale, substantially as described. gale, as described.

3. The combination, in a device of the class In testimony whereof Il1zwe,this 19th day described, With the parts 4 and 5, having of May,1891, set my hand.

straight and slotted lugs 9 and l0 arranged FREDERICK H. KIEKENAPP. withnotches between them, of a projection 11 In presence ofon the part 5,Iadapted to engage :L projection FRED. S. LYON,

on the part 4, and a loop or eye provided on O. G. HAWLEY.

